How to make protractor press the enter key?

Question

I've tried this:

browser.actions().keyDown(protractor.Key.ENTER).keyUp(protractor.Key.Enter).perform();

which gives the error:

Error: Not a modifier key

Answer 1

Keyup/Keydown is limited to modifier keys in WebDriver (shift, ctrl, etc). I think you want

browser.actions().sendKeys(protractor.Key.ENTER).perform();

Answer 2

The actions() is not required.

You can do something like:

var input = $('#someInput');
input.sendKeys(protractor.Key.ENTER);

Update: some people have complained that you are not sending the enter to browser. If you want to do this just change your selector:

$('body').sendKeys(protractor.Key.ENTER);

Answer 3

Here is another way of doing this

var enter = browser.actions().sendKeys(protractor.Key.ENTER);
enter.perform();